Luhansk People's Republic

The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR or LNR in Russian) is a separatist republic located in eastern Ukraine, bordering Russia, Ukraine, and the Donetsk People's Republic. On 27 April 2014, the LPR declared its independence from the government of Ukraine in Kiev alongside the DPR, as its people culturally identified as Russians and not Ukrainians. The LPR initially sought to form the Novorossiya confederation with the DPR, but in May the negotiations fell apart, and the LPR and DPR continued to have an alliance against the Ukrainian government during the Donbass War. The LPR lost a half of its territory to the Ukrainian government's offensives during the war, but the Russian Army supported the LPR against the Ukrainian government, helping the LPR in maintaining its independence.